family tree; pedigree; genealogy
Refers to a chart or record showing family lineage, ancestry, or descent. Used in historical, legal, and everyday contexts.
He traced his ancestors' family tree back to the Edo period.
He is researching his family's genealogy.
この家には江戸時代からの系図が残っている。
This family has a family tree dating back to the Edo period.
My grandmother decided to draw up a family tree for her house.
That warlord's name is listed in an old family tree.
She researched her family's genealogy and was surprised by what she found.
家系図 is a more explicit modern compound meaning 'family tree chart' and is often used interchangeably with the shorter, more classical 系図.
系図 is the physical family-tree diagram or chart, while 系譜 is the lineage or line of descent itself (which a 系図 may depict).
family tree; genealogical chart
genealogy (study of)
pedigree buying · fencing stolen goods; fence
Standard kanji spelling; high priority in news and frequency lists.
系 (lineage, system) + 図 (diagram, chart). The compound straightforwardly means 'lineage chart'.